Idle Hours

Idle Hours: The Grace And The Glory Is A Novel About Two Girls One Possessed Of Extraordinary Wealth And Her Friend Laurel Daughter Of A Local Farmerthe Real Consuelo Vanderbilt Who Became The Twelfth Duchess Of Marlborough In 1895 Was An American Girl Whose Happiest Childhood Days Were Spent At Her ParentS Country Home In Oakdale. Idle Hours Is The Story Of ConsueloS Early Years As She Might Have Experienced Them With Another Girl Her Age. The Haags And Their Daughter Laurel Represent The Many Families Who Worked At The Idle Hour Estate And Were Forever Changed By Their Contact With Their Extraordinary Neighbors The William K.Vanderbilts. This Is A Story Of What Might-Have-Been Long Ago. ConsueloS Glory Is Written In The Cold Stonewalls Of The Great Palace At Blenheim England. Laurel Reflects The Grace Of The Pioneers Of Oakdale As They Faced A New Century.